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André Derain

Still Life, 1913

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 73.4 x 92.4 cm (28 7/8 x 36 3/8 in.)

framed: 97.8 x 115.2 cm (38 1/2 x 45 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1963.10.131

Artists / Makers

André Derain (artist) French, 1880 - 1954

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Inscription

lower right: a derain

Provenance

From the artist to (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler [1884-1979], Paris); sequestered by French government during World War I and sold by the government at (Kahnweiler sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17-18 November 1921);[1] purchased by Jacques Antoine Doucet, Paris. Marcel Coard [1889-1975], Paris; sold 7 December 1928 through (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris and New York) to (Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London); [2] sold through (Etienne Bignou) 29 May 1929 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1] Four sales of the stock from the Kahnweiler gallery were held: 13 June 1921, 17 November 1921, 4 July 1922 and 7 May 1923. Two Derain paintings titled "Nature morte" and with identical descriptions matching the Chester Dale picture, were included in the 17 November 1921 sale (nos. 64 and 67).

[2] Letter dated 22 June 1929 from Bignou sending picture to London (Lefevre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 218). Reid & Lefèvre Paintings Sold, sheet no. 141, #260/28 gives acquisition source and sale information (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, London, TGA 2002/11, Box 283).

Associated Names

Bignou, Etienne
Dale, Chester
Doucet, Jacques
Kahnweiler, Daniel H.
Reid & Lefèvre, Ltd, Alex

Exhibition History

1930: "La Nature Morte" from Chardin to the Abstract, Wildenstein Galleries, New York, January 1930, no. 16.

1930: Works by Derain, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, April 1930, no. 3, repro., as La Table Garnie.

1931: A Group of Twentieth Century Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1931, no. 3.

1932: Derain--Vlaminck. Comparative Exhibition, Museum of French Art, French Institute in the United States, New York, 1932, no. 15.

1940: Possibly Origins of Modern Art, The Arts Club of Chicago, 1940, no. 27, as Kitchen Table (but catalogue says loaned by Mr. and Mrs. William Averell Harriman, not Chester Dale).

1943: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943-1952 (extended loan), unnumbered catalogue, repro. p. 20.

1952: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1952, no. 19, repro.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1932: Cortissoz, Royal. "Derain's Role in a Hectic Group." The New York Herald Tribune (28 February 1932): section VII, 9.

1943: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1943:, 20, repro.

1952: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1952 (2nd ed., 1960; rev. ed., 1965): 19, repro.

1960: Twentieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960 (2nd ed.): 21, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 41.

1965: Twentieth Century French Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965 (rev. ed.): 20, repro.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 33, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 104, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 127, repro.

1992: Kellermann, Michel. André Derain, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint. Vol. 1, 1895-1914. Paris, 1992: no. 328, 201, repro., as Nature Morte, Pain et Fruits.